Children with severe fever and cough need antipyretic treatment, expectorant cough, as well as treatment of the cause of the disease, such as respiratory infections should be controlled infection, phlegm treatment.
1. Anti-fever treatment: If the child has a fever, but the mental state is good, you can let the baby drink more water while observing the changes in the condition, you can also use warm water to wipe the face, neck, armpits and other parts of the body, physical cooling. If the temperature is higher than 38.5 ° C, need to use fever-reducing drugs under the guidance of a doctor, such as ibuprofen.
2. Expectorant and cough: If the cough is mild, expectorant drugs, such as bromhexine hydrochloride, can be used first, which is good for the expulsion of phlegm. When the child has a severe cough that seriously affects daily life or sleep, cough suppressants such as dextromethorphan can be used in small doses.
3. Treatment of etiology:
(1) Respiratory tract infections: most of them are viral infections, which are self-limiting and can be treated symptomatically, such as drinking more water and resting more. If combined with bacterial infection, you can choose penicillin V potassium tablets, cefixime and other drugs. If it is caused by mycoplasma infection, azithromycin can be chosen.
(2) Pertussis: macrolide antibacterial drugs, such as azithromycin, are preferred for pertussis.
(3) pleurisy: paroxysmal dry cough is triggered by inflammatory stimulation, antibacterial drugs can be used empirically, and then antibacterial drugs can be selected according to drug sensitivity test or culture results.
The child has a fever and cough, try to go to the hospital first, under the guidance of the doctor’s treatment. All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication.